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Orchids
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Why Orchids? Darwin wrote in his Autobiography, ‘During the summer of 1839, and, I believe, during the previous summer, I was led to attend to the cross-fertilisation of flowers by the aid of insects, from having come to the conclusion in my…
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- … one group would captivate Darwin like no other. In June 1855, Darwin added a postscript to a letter …
- … Darwin continued, ‘I have written & sent notice for Gardeners’ Ch. on curious difficulty in Bee …
- … the case.’ Indeed, Darwin had just sent a long letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle asking readers to …
- … of England. ’ Not content with alerting gardeners to the problem, Darwin hoped to …
- … your being able to insert the whole [of the letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle ] in the Intelligencer …
- … have been found adhering. ’ The complete letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle was reprinted in the …
- … admiration at the contrivances, that I have sent notice to Gardeners Chronicle. The Ophrys Apifera, …
- … suggestion of John Lindley, the horticultural editor of Gardeners’ Chronicle , and was rewarded …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … to various ends. THE CONCURRENCE OF BOTANISTS: 1855 In which Darwin initiates a long …
- … the letter. DARWIN: 8 April 25 th 1855. My dear [Dr Gray]. I hope you will …
- … ‘Arct. Asia’… GRAY: 9 May 22 nd 1855. Harvard University. My Dear Sir, I …
- … By the way I ventured to send a few days ago a copy of the Gardeners’ Chronicle, with a short report …
- … JANUARY 1844 8 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 25 APRIL 1855 9 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, …
- … 24 AUGUST 1856 17 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 8 JUNE 1855 18 C DARWIN TO A …
- … 1857 22 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER, 18 JULY 1855 23 JD HOOKER TO C DARWIN, …
Before Origin: the ‘big book’
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Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his eight-year study of barnacles (Darwin's Journal). He had long considered the question of species. In 1842, he outlined a theory of transmutation in a…
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- … well ’, he fretted at the time. However, by March 1855, he was immersed in the preparatory stages …
- … however, the pigeon house constructed at Down in April 1855 did not look ‘ very ugly ’, the …
- … delight to his young daughter Henrietta . In April 1855, at the same time as Darwin began …
- … natural history community by sending a letter to the Gardeners’ Chronicle , asking …
- … While there, he wrote to Wallace. Praising Wallace’s 1855 article on species, and commenting on the …
Darwin in letters, 1851-1855: Death of a daughter
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The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. The period opens with a family tragedy in the death of Darwin’s oldest and favourite daughter, Anne, and it shows how, weary and mourning his dead child,…
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- … naturalists whom he believed deserved recognition. In 1855, he nominated John Obadiah Westwood for …
- … Hooker, and various readers of the popular journal the Gardeners’ Chronicle into the study. He …
- … changes. As he told Hooker in a letter of 5 June [1855] , ‘it shocks my philosophy to create land …
- … fertility of hybrids, Darwin began in the spring of 1855 a series of hybridising experiments with …
- … like the results of the seed-soaking experiments, in the Gardeners’ Chronicle describing his …
- … of specialists in his cirripede study, so Darwin began in 1855 to establish a comparable, yet even …
- … travelogues that described unusual domestic breeds. Early in 1855, following the advice of William …
- … breeding. As Darwin told Fox in a letter of 27 March [1855] , the object of his work was ‘to view …
- … wish it Throughout the correspondence of 1854 and 1855, the overwhelming impression given …
- … & will not do as I wish it’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 7 May [1855] ). But, whether successful or …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … of Dublin ] Vol 1.— abstracted. Nov. Some vols. of Gardeners’ Magazine [ Gardener's …
- … Novum organum.— Work on Hybridism reviewed in Gardeners Chronicle in 1852. by Wagner? [Unger …
- … Horticole No 9–11 89 1853 [Lecoq 1853]. Reviewed in Gardeners Ch. July 31–53 [Anon. 1853] …
- … Life of Sheridan [T. Moore 1825] Huc’s China [Huc 1855] —read } recom by Erasmus. Watt …
- … Rev d Baden Powel on the Unity of Worlds [Powell 1855]—discusses Vestiges [Chambers] 1847], must …
- … 172] D r . Young’s Life by Peacock [Peacock 1855] praised by Erasmus.— Read …
- … in Nat. Hist. (Kippist) Linn. Soc. 95 The Gardeners Magazine of Botany [ Gardener& …
- … 12. Begin vol. 13. 98 Huc’s “Chinese Empire” [Huc 1855] several Dogs & Cats described. (read) …
- … Impériale et Centrale d'Horticulture de Paris ] vol. 1 1855. (I have read p. 209 to 268.) …
- … recommends me to read Alexander Blain on Intellect [Bain 1855] 102 Eytons work on the …
- … Soc.? Maury sailing directions 18 55 [Maury 1855]. must be studied. Lyell has.— …
- … Horn [Castelnau 1846], or his Botanist [Weddell 1855–7] Brit. Mus. Catalogue. Ungulates …
- … 27. Gmelin Flora Siberica [Gmelin 1747–69] 1855. Wollastons Insecta Maderensia [Wollaston …
- … 1845]. 25. The Angler Piscator D r Davy [J. Davy 1855] Ap 27 th Zoologist [ …
- … ] Vol: 3. 1848–50. [DAR 128: 11] 1855. Sydney Smith life [S. Smith 1855] …
- … (good) Sept Private life of an E. King [Knighton] 1855]. (good) Dec 13 Wabash [Beste …
- … 1851]. May 28. Lyells Elements 5 th . Edit [Lyell 1855] —— 29 th Carpenters …
- … C. Nott and Gliddon 1854] [DAR 128: 14] 1855 Sept. Tegetmeier on …
- … experiments performed by Lord Arthur Hervey in 1843 in Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural …
- … Unger’s book on hybridism was reviewed in Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , no. 32 …
- … of H. Lecoq's work on Mirabilis ]. Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette no. 31, …
Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'
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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…
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- … experiments on plants. Expanding projects set up during 1855 and 1856 (see Correspondence vol. 5 …
- … relish and published a short notice about the problem in Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural …
- … (see Correspondence vol. 3), he had begun in 1855 a series of researches designed to explain how …
- … of his study was the series of experiments begun in 1855 based on soaking a wide variety of seeds in …
- … in this area, for Charles Lyell thought that Wallace’s 1855 paper implied some kind of belief in …
